Electoral Reform Delayed as Congress Debates Direct Presidency
Congress convened amid renewed talk of direct presidential election reform but faces delays. The House has approved a plan with a January 21 1971 ratification deadline for three quarters of state legislatures, while the Senate has postponed action with hopes to move dates to April or May.
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James C. Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Mountain of Cans Draws LA Attention
Aluminum can collection in Los Angeles climbs as 36 000 cans daily pour into a reception depot. Reynolds Metal Co pays half a cent per can, urging reuse as finite resources alert the public to future metal scarcity.
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Los Angeles
Reynolds Metal Co
Reynolds
Letters to the editor thank Vietnam club for aid
Mrs. Howard Martin of Somerville praises a Vietnam club for sending 100 Christmas boxes to soldiers. She notes morale impact, urges home support, and criticizes local attitudes while referencing tax payments and school radio notices. The letter mentions Staff Sgt Clyde Gibson.
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Clyde Gibson
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Middletown City
Howard Martin
Somerville
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Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists daily publication details and subscription costs. Rates include 10 cents per weekday, 20 cents Sunday, 70 cents weekly, 32.1 dollars yearly mail within trading area, and 30 dollars yearly outside trading area, with 38 dollars yearly for outside USA.
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District election results missing for Preble Shawnee area
Letter to the editor complains that election results for the Preble Shawnee School district are not published while results for Franklin Monroe Trenton Mason Madison Springboro German town Warren and Montgomery County appear. The writer cites Route 122 West delays and new plans to connect Roosevelt Avenue with 122 East and a large interchange to I 75 and I 71, but locals west of Middletown lack access. The message urges better transportation access to attract shopping and industry.
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Marine Band to perform at Middletown High auditorium
The United States Marine Band performs tomorrow at 8 PM at the new Middletown High School auditorium with two shows, a sold out matinee for 2,700 students and an evening concert. Tickets are sold at Davidson's Photo Shop Norris Music Store Music Mart Clinton Street and Downtown Barnitz Bank, or at the door.
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Stolen Flowers From Grave Spark Letter of Grief
A grieving writer laments seven graveside flower thefts from their father's grave, including three birthday remembrances from his children. The note urges the thief to feel guilt and stop, arguing that giving flowers brought more joy than taking them.
NEA attack on Haynsworth sparks Senate debate
The National Education Association accuses Judge Clem ent Haynsworth of racism and signals opposition to his Supreme Court nomination. The ABA backs him and civil rights experts defend his integrity while noting the critics' lack of concrete racist findings. The debate highlights politics in judicial confirmations.
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Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court of the United States
NEA
Nixon
Haynsworth
National Education Association
Supreme Court
NEA divides on Haynsworth amid civil rights debate
The National Education Association includes teachers sympathetic to AFL-CIO and civil rights groups yet few in the union likely read Judge Haynsworth's civil rights records. The piece questions what justice NEA would favor for a Supreme Court vacancy and whether the NEA truly assesses his record.
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Afl-Cio
Haynsworth
United States Court of Appeals
NEA
Supreme Court
Nixon Eyes 1972 as Reelection Hope Rises on 1970 Results
Joseph Alsop notes Nixon's optimism after Republican gains in New Jersey and Virginia. He cites Cahill and Holton wins, warns of off-year losses, and argues the president aims to end the war honorably, shaping a strong 1972 bid.
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Linwood Holton
Virginia
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Holton
Canill
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Vietnam
John V. Lindsay
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Mario Procaccino
John Marchi
Lindsay
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Youngstown
Ohio
Hartford
Conn
House of Representatives
Benicia Martinez Bridge traffic tops world toll facilities
Factographs The Internatioational Bridge Tunnel and Turnpike Assa Inc reports Benicia Martinez Bridge in California had the highest traffic increase of any toll facility. In Q2 1968 crossings reached 1,880,727 vs 1,303,272 a year earlier, up 44.3 percent.
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Benicia-Martinez Bridge
California
San Mateo-Hayward
Portugal
Salazar Bridge
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